Intel plans manufacturing rally; Microsoft eyes Discord buy

All the week's biggest tech stories IT PRO newsletter 28 March 2021 TOP STORY SHARE THIS STORY: Intel unveils $20 billion plan to revitalise its business The company's new foundry service will build custom chips for tech firms and governments READ MORE ▸ Staff will quit if banned from the office, Sunak warns Chancellor argues businesses will lose talent if they force employees into permanent remote work READ MORE ▸ SHARE: Fake vaccination certificates available on the dark web Fast-growing market emerges for people wanting quick vaccine proof to travel abroad READ MORE ▸ SHARE: Researchers discover hackers with links to SolarWinds attack Report shines a light on overlap between SilverFish victims and SolarWinds targets READ MORE ▸ SHARE: IT Pro News in Review Catch up on the top stories of the week in just two minutes READ MORE ▸ SHARE: Slack abandons DM invites over harassment concerns New tool could be used to send bulk malicious messages to external users READ MORE ▸ SHARE: Acer falls victim to $50 million ransomware attack The REvil ransomware gang reportedly targeted an Exchange server on the company's domain READ MORE ▸ SHARE: Featured whitepaper Six things a developer should know about Postgres Postgres is lightweight, easy to install, scalable - so it's no surprise this database management system has recently risen in popularity with developers. READ MORE ▸ Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for $10 billion The communications platform is reportedly already in talks with a buyer, thought to be the tech giant READ MORE ▸ SHARE: Hackers raked in £34.5m from COVID scams City of London Police told IT Pro that a spike in January was caused by vaccine phishing emails READ MORE ▸ SHARE: Design for Alan Turing £50 note revealed The new polymer banknote will be put into circulation on the codebreaker's birthday, 23 June READ MORE ▸ SHARE: Half of UK firms lacked security policies in 2020 Businesses struggled to keep track of devices or employees during the pandemic, DCMS finds READ MORE ▸ SHARE: Forex broker FBS exposes millions of customer records Data includes names, passwords, emails, passport numbers, credit cards and financial transactions READ MORE ▸ SHARE: Home Office migrates key HR workloads to Oracle Cloud Payroll, finance and customer support functions will shift to the Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications suite READ MORE ▸ SHARE: AWS appoints Salesforce exec Adam Selipsky as CEO The former Tableau CEO is returning to AWS after four years to replace Andy Jassy READ MORE ▸ SHARE: Featured whitepaper Cyber threat intelligence report Collaborative software and remote working has increased attack vectors, but Domain Name System (DNS) security can help protect teleworkers. READ MORE ▸ To unsubscribe click here Dennis Publishing Ltd (www.itpro.co.uk), 31-32 Alfred Place, London, WC1E 7DP Registered in England with Company Number: 1138891